WASHINGTON — Earmarks are again, and so is the well being care trade’s insatiable urge for food to get a bit of them.
A decade in the past, Republicans banned the congressional funding course of that allowed lawmakers to request earmarks, or cash for pet initiatives of their dwelling districts. However with Democrats in control of each chambers of Congress, the requests are being permitted once more, with some caveats.
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